Unreal. I just can’t figure this guy out. He’s subservient to another country. This time it’s Japan.
Pathetic.
The story at the Times just washes over it, but you get the point.
How low will he go? Obama gives Japan’s Emperor Akihito a wow bow
How low will the new American president go for the world’s royalty?This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior.
Is it controversial in America?
Bowing in Japan is the equivalent of a handshake in America.
Though Obama’s bow was done wrong, I think most Japanese respect him for trying.
http://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/tara-chan/
No. Most Japanese see him as weak for what he did.
So does most of America.
>Most Japanese see him as weak for what he did.
I don’t know why you think so.
That’s not how most Japanese people feel. And the only mention of it on the news here was about how America is over-reacting to it.